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NewsWhore
08-16-2007, 05:50 PM
Dominican swimmer Marco Diaz's new feat is attracting the interest not only of the Dominican press but of the US media as well. CNN, Univision, Telemundo, ESPN and Fox have all been covering Diaz' training, leading up to his attempt to swim around Manhattan Island twice. Swimming World and Men's Health magazines have also shown an interest in Diaz's attempt. Diaz's representative Nathalia Bentz says that the event has gone to another level in the light of the media attention it has been receiving. Diaz is attempting to swim the Hudson River and navigate around Manhattan Island twice, swimming an estimated 92 kilometers, a feat that is expected to take about 20 hours.

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